Noah Lyles’ Training Partner Wins Gold to Continue USA’s World Indoors Legacy

Noah Lyles’ Florida training teammate had kept the group’s hopes high all season. And now again at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, 21-year-old Jordan Anthony showed exactly why he belongs among the world’s fastest! He repeated Lyles’ legacy by winning the men’s 60 m, all while battling a painful blood clot he suffered during a pre-race anti‑doping test.

On March 20, the men’s 60 m final brought speed and drama too! Jordan Anthony crossed the line in 6.41 seconds, a world-leading time for the season, to claim gold.

In doing so, he left behind Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson, who ran a personal best of 6.45 seconds to take silver, while Trayvon Bromell secured bronze with the same time. Even defending champion Jeremiah Azu had to settle for fourth in 6.46 seconds.

With this win, Anthony made his international debut perfect. But his win is even more impressive considering the hurdles he faced a day ago.

As a routine anti doping test, he went wrong, which left him with a painful blood clot in his arm. “I got a clot the size of a football. Luckily, I’m still running,” he said. Most athletes would have struggled to compete  let alone win.

At the same time, the win also shows the USA’s continuing dominance in indoor sprinting. Back in 2024, Noah Lyles finished second in the same event at the World Indoors in Glasgow, earning silver behind Christian Coleman with a 6.44‑second run. Now, in 2026, Anthony’s gold feels like a passing of the torch from Lyles to his Florida training partner, hence keeping America at the top of men’s sprinting

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